The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 26, 1934, Page 4

Page 4 Macy Workers Bosses Plan 44-Hour Week As Seasonal Hiring Lags Protest Forces Reduction in Hours for Packers and Supper Tickets for Late Workers By a Macy Worker Correspondent NEW YORK.—Macy’s is pianning @ 44-hour week for the majority of us who now work 40 hours, Already the management added 3% hours to the business week by keep- ing the store open w nine every Thursday. And for two weeks be- fore Xma: will be open every night until 9 p. m. has In spite of wide advertising bally- hoo that more workers would be hired, in real: the usual number of seasonal help are em-| ployed at present What is more,| our hours are staggered depriving many of us of educational and re- creational advantages. But we! workers have not been asl As a result Macy’s per passe workers ‘Thursday st acquainted the customers with our €onditions through leaflets and per- fonal contact they phoned in their| rotests. Many threatened to cease 1ying in the store. As a result of further mass resent- | around asking for “Snapshots if you have them.” The employment office has had these questions an- swered before. Why suddenly our “schoo! activities” and photographs? This poliey recalls the attempt of the LaGuardia administration to register all trade union leaders on the hypocritical pretense of “fight- ing racketeering.” That move was defeated through the mass protests of workers’ organizations, especially of the Industrial Unions. The Macy identification scheme was also met) by a spontaneous refusal to submit photos. The Macy Local of the Depart- ment Store Section, Office Workers’ Union is leading the fight for se- curity and a living wage; agi mass lay-offs and for real worker: ur yment and social insurance, the Lundeen Bill in the House of Representatives—H, R. 7598. Workers, there is but one way to win demands in the store, to fight late Thursdays, spy-picture schemes and that is to join a rank and file ; union, the Department Store Sec- tion of the Office Workers’ Union, Racine Labor Council Collects Gas Masks =e By a Worker Correspondent RACINE, Wis. — The Racine Labor and Trades Council is get- ting ready to defend itself against the lecal police depertment and a | fascist organization called | League,” | local the “Racine Service which consists of big business men and strike-breakers. Seeing that the “Service League” could not break the strike at the Chicago Rubber Clothing Co., we | expect they are laying plans to use seme more violence. At the last meeting of the Trades and Labor Council a mo- | tion to collect all the gas masks | in the city was carried. Here is | hoping that the workers of Ra- | cine not only wear gas masks next time but practice throwing | the gas bombs back to the cops. They belong to them so give them back their property. One thing the Labor Council | must not forget is to get rid of | Dovey Luther, Mulke, and Mayor Svoboda, and put up there men than won't club and gas the work- | ers. Reactionaries ‘Rule at Legion ° ment, Macy’s was forced to make | Headquarters at 504 Sixth Avehie.| . oO n 1] e n t U oO n New York City, further concessions: except for | Thursday evening, packers on the| floor and some packing units now) work no later than 8 p. m. Previous- ly these employees worked until ten and later. Macy’s lately has begun to show its fear of the workers organizing to struggle for betzer conditions, and is reenforcing its spy system. | Qiiéstionnaires have been sent! BLANK Nothing has been received to- day for the Worker Corre- spondence Dept. in the $60,000 drive. Total to date... 18 Districts Fail - Send - Funds for ‘Daily’ Drive Highteen districts, most of them far behind in the financial drive, are not represented in the contribution list today. Although Seattle has reached only 44 per cent of its quot a, and Milwaukee only 57 per cent, neither sent one penny. Their quota is $1,000 each. Minneapolis, which is even more behind with 38 per cent of its quota, also failed to send gny_ contributions. Of the smaller districts, St. Loui: ham, Houston, Kentucky, Louisiana, s, No. Dakota, So. Dakota, Birming- | are practically at a standstill. The reason why such districts as St. Louis, No. Dakota, So. Dakota, Birmingham, Houston, Kentucky, and Louisiana are practically at a standstill is borne out by the fact that they have not activized their membership sufficiently to senfl even minimum contributions regularly. The latter five districts have failed quotas. to reach even 10 per cent of their There is no reason why these districts cannot spur its membership into action—visit mass organizations in the territory; make personal appeals, and hold affairs, 5) Mrs. Taine 15 Mrs. Grasgass 10 Received Nov. 28, 1934 poets ( A Comrade a ate os Previously received _ AAO | Demman & Son 18 Chas Lyly 25 Leagan gtedinentod $41,078.24 | ott Nov. 28, 1084 “$2.40 en p20 | Total to date $2,058.65 Unit 3 $2.85 ‘Unit 8, 8 Mem- | DISTRICT 8 (Chicago) Unit 20B 2.40 brau 1.00 | Mrs. Marie Sliva $ 50 Unit 9 2.58 Unit 8, Blake —_—__ Unit 34 56 Baking Co, .50 | Total Nov. 23, 1934 $ 50 "Unit 18 53, Unit 10 .50 | Total to date $3,797.59 | Unjt 18 4.94 Unit 1 25 DISTRICT 10 (Omaha) Unit 10 4.94 Unit 1 5.23| N. B. Whitney $1.00 Unit 7 2.75 Unit 6 3.72 | se Unit 14 2.79 Unit 6 2.00 | ‘rotal Nov. 23, 1934 $1.00 “Unit 12 1.00 Sec. 6, Total to date $33.95 Bait § ARES ei aot DISTRICT 18 (California) Unit 17 5.92 Unit 7s 1 | John Hamilton $1.00 Unit 13 5.11 Unit 24 5.00 | Hollywood Sec. 2.6: Unit 9 224 Unit 95 6.00 | Gait Boyle zits, rp et aa Caen ae 5% | Unit, 3, Harbor Cities 25 Init s ‘ a9 Unit 178 «= 2.19 Unit 2 10a oe Bait 178 = 1.00 Unit 4 102) Total Nov. 23, 1934 $8.15 Seas, fp Unie 17-00 | Total to date $771.08 ri a : Sar action a0 €80 DISTRICT 15 (New Haven) Unit SG1¢ 130 Sec. 3, Unit 1 5.00| W- H. Ruscoe, House Party $4.15 ‘Unit SG4 15.00 Allerton Painter Z Saas Estonian — 10.00 Union 25.00 | Total Nov. 23, 1934 $4.15 Total to date $688.21 00 Unit 425 8.87 Anonymous 1 D. rs ‘i 1 = Ree ue; aacwre 100| Donations from individuals previously Unit 424 1.30 © Johnson 1.00 | listed ncaa and Districts: ‘Unit 427 1.34 A Headstrand .50 DIST! (New York City) Unit 413 75 Three Girls 1.50| Morgen $1.00 A Moselma 50 Unit SG1 130 Frank Lillian J Finelstein 50M Schneider 25 Finnish Wkrs. Milton 13.00 | W Hekel 90 F Gray 25 club 36.00 HA 50 |G Tapian ‘30 8 Rudolph “25 Unit 407 2.05 --Red_ Builder | Raymond 50 R Goffner 35 Unit 414 1.01 (Caraway) 2.31 | J Moss 25 A Rudin “25 Unit 428 5.00 A Boot & Shoe I Wise 35 Sal Kizer 25 Unit 428 3.59 Worker 1.00} C Cohn 25 L Hart 25 Unit 417 5.00 Group of Klein Bernstein 5 Tiech 50 Unit 417 2.50 Strikers A Sasco 25 H Spilberg 50 Unit 416 “13 Council No. 49, Shwed (25 «IM Parker 125 c. 18, United Coun, 3 Boris 25 B Goodman 25 ign 1 2.00 Wk. Women 1.50|}4 Femel 26 M Cohen 25 Unit 2 "78 Stanley Senne- Levine ‘50 Masses 35 Unit 3 25.00 wald 6.00|3 Ficarrotta 150 J Anderson 125 Unit 5 5.00 Ch. Busetti 1,00 | S Horvis 25 Kessler 1.00 Unit 16 1.75 C Bernstein 1.00 | H Wronen 25 A Schaller 1.00 Unit 16 1.00 Anna Traum 1.00 |J Garcia 35 K Summit 50 Unit 21 43.50 Staff of Nat'l Of- |J Garcia 135 W Rath ‘30 ‘Unit 21 56 fice of Commu- | J Lerner 25 Ed E 50 Unit 22 3.03 nist Party 50.00 | J Lerner 25 E Wolf ‘25 Bec. 8, A Housewife 25 | Citronham _—_—1.00.._W Deutch 125 ‘3 ——— |A Bloomgarden 1.00 H Brenzel 25 ‘Total. Nov. 23, 1934 $424.08| Mazursky 30 Kuhl 35 Total to date $21,534.70 |M Freeman 30. P- Handoo 100 DISTRICT 5 (Pittsburgh) |R Kouch 50 J Reichert 1.00 ‘Tom Mooney Br., I. L. D., Curtisville $5.00 | M Fruman .50 Miss J Reichert .50 I. W. ©, Br. 2077, Arnold 2.00 | Levine (25 ~E Plund 1.00 ———— | Zalesen 125 =H Moeckee 50 Total Nov. 23, 1934 $7.00 |D Pilla 25 W Hinze 50 Total to date $716.81|/D T 25 F Summer ‘25 DISTRICT 6 (Cleveland) |B Rudolph 1.00 G Metzger 35 Unit 1-02 $30 Br. 124, 5 Gratz 1.00 W Tovit 25 Youngstown 13.00 1. 0. W. 5.00|Sagar & Karr 50 J Goldstein 25 Glenville Wking Br. 189, Gavurin ‘50. A Kurtz 25 ‘Women's Coun- I. 0. W. 5.00 S Cohen 30 L Fisher 135 cil 3.00 J Vasilaides 50) H Pelzer 25 Youngstown 10.07 Unit 11-14 2.00 DISTRICT 4 (Buffalo) Conneaut 500 Unit, 4-27 2.00] L A Markenen $50 Tyne to Dincinnatt Toledo, emis ‘50 L Ahlson 110 No. 19 15.00 Unit’ 7-5 10|F Eastburn 25 -N Makela ‘10 Mary Thomas, Unit 7-7 4185 | AR Chase 25 J Solninen 110 Sec 11 Unit 3, Rose 95 I Arlio 150 Dincinnati, Columbus 1.13| A Kuparinen (10 E Harkonen 25, No. 5 14.00 Br. 2110, I. W. 0, DISTRICT 12 (Seattle) No. 1 4.00 Slovak 3.i0|M Dopcevich $1.00 Bill Ikhly 50 Br. 1015, Unit 14-28 5.00 | Red Mitrovien 1.00 B Okly 50 0. W. 5.00 Youngstown = 12.25 | M Juric ‘0B Okly 1.00 Br. 2505, Unit 1, Lorain 250 |C Milerss ‘50S Senford 1.00 IL ow. o. 4.00 Unit 2-25 5.00 |S Stanley 50 =T Jolm 1.00 ———_|T Young ‘50° J Miller 1.00 ‘Total Nov. 23, 1934 $129.00|P Melekomt 2 OG. Berry 1.00 Total to date $2,046.55 | J ter ene i “4 M Sinzi 50 DISTRICT 7 (Detroit) JM Karadzich (25° M Luiz ‘50 John Puttu $ .25 Simon Stark 50 |M Carph 5 E Pozza 1.00 & Jonsen 05 J Paananin 25 |E A Smith 1.00 M Luizi 1.00 Kalle Aho 05 «T Savola ‘25|0G Berry —_ ‘1.00 Here Is My Bit Toward the $60,000! ADDRESS AMOUNT Tear off and mai 50 EAST 13th St. 1 immediately to DAILY WORKER New York, N. Y. By a Worker Correspondent JACKSONVILLE, Fla.—I was at the American Legion Convention which was a good time for the wealthier people. The leaders are | nothing but members of the ruling | class, governors, mayors, senators, | big bankers, etc. They are talking a great deal | about enforcing the Constitution, still.they will not give us the right of free speech, for they use the Constitution as they see fit. They talked a great deal against the Communists, but nothing was mentioned about relief for the hun- gry. They fought against disarma- ment thereby helping their own class, the capitalist class, to prepare for another world slaughter for which the working class always pays. They also fought for the can- cellation of the recognition of the Soviet Union, accusing the Soviet Government of sending Communi; | propaganda to this country and aiding directly and indirectly Com- | munist activities in the United | States. | These misleaders well know that if Russia had. to send money for propaganda to all the countries, the rivers would have to run gold and Silver instead of water. 'The work- | ers and poor farmers know that the | donations to the Daily Worker $60,000 drive comes from their pen- nies, dimes, and dollars and not from Russia. Our conditions down here are getting worse and worse under the N. R. A, which is enslaving the workers. That is why the workers are looking towards a Communist victory which will be a victory for them. AMERICAN LEGIONAIRE. White Collar Workers Hit By NRA Code By a Worker Correspondent NEW YORK, N. Y. — Whenever the N. R. A. touches workers they have reason to recoil. |What were What were announced as kindly and announced as kindly and hedpful pats on the shoulder have turned out to be smashes in the jaw. A typical instance is the new code signed up for the white collar workers in the book publishing in- dustry. Here is an industry where the average wage was considerably above $15 and the prevailing hours were thirty-five a week. The kind N. R. A., working presumably in the interests of the workers in that in- «dustry, prepared a code which insti- tutes a $15 a week minimum, which is further reduced to $12 a week by the provision that office boys and office girls, a status to which other workers can readily be reduced, may receive a minimum of $12 per week. The hours have been raised to 40 a week, but with such provisions re- garding overtime as will make it Possible for employers to drag out many more hours during the year without any compensation. This outrageous code, which was prepared with the cooperation of the employers under the direction of a former employer, and with- out a single worker present or a single representative of the union in the field, should be fought by all the workers of America. I feel that all workers sould join with me in sending letters of protest to the N. R. A. in Washington telling them to throw out this code and begin hear- ings for a decent new code at which the workers in the industry will have a say. LETTERS FROM OUR READERS A CHALLENGE Rockford, Ml. Dear Comrade Editor: That the campaign for a sus- taining fund for the Daily Worker is an issue that large masses of workers outside of the Party, are more than willing to support was demonstrated here last week when a crowd of about thirty-five non- Party people came to a house party for the benefit of the Daily Worker. A Party member suggested casual- ly to a sympathizer that he do something for their fighter. No DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1934 Resist Longer Hours and Photo Registration Building Service Workers’ | Conditions Described By a Worker Correspondent | $60 A Month and 14 Hour Day for Elevator) Operators in Meyer & Steffens Building the mopping, |go easy on he is | NEW YORK. — A fraction less| threatened just like anybody else than $2.10 for a fourteen hour day, only two days off every two months —these are some of the working | conditions of elevator operators em- |ployed by Meyer and Steffens, Inc., |realtors of distinction. | The corporation of Meyer and |Steffens controls something like |fifty buildings in New York. They range from fire-traps in Harlem to pretentious looking apartment houses on Riverside Drive. From 601 West 137th St., corner of Broad- way, all along the block to River- side Drive and up to 138th St. is a string of apartment houses operated by this firm. The string of six buildings on 137th St. is serviced by white jani- |tors and engineers, and Negro ele- vator operators and firemen. The elevator operators, fourteen The night. shift is fourteen hours and the day shift ten. The day nan gets 45 minutes for lunch and the night man gets no time off at all. By the firm’s law they must ap- pear neat at all times: hair cut, shave, clean. shirt and a shine on their shoes. They must be quite cautious and very polite. “Yes madam, I am sorry madam, etc.” They must never forget that the tenant is always right. The night man is not armed but he must remain awake throughout the night to protect the house from burglars. If any furniture or even a straw broom is stolen belonging to Meyer and Steffens the operator must pay for it. These are some of the penalties imposed for the privi- lege of working for $60 a month with two days off. The elevator operator at 604 Riverside Drive is an old man, not younger than 67. For twenty-three years he has worked in the same building, going up and down. Once every year he takes a night off to attend a certain festival. He is a member of the Elks. And once a ear, notwithstanding his years of service, he loses a day’s pay. When he is forced by illness to |Old and shaky, you can see him |plodding his way to the elevator shaft. There to spend another night at turning the crank, bowing, grinning, cringing and soliciting. {His bones are weary, but he can not. stop. To stop means death in }a Harlem Relief Bureau. He dares |not imply the slightest dissatisfac- | tion with his fourteen hour night at not quite 15 cents an hour. The janitors are paid $60:a month, and are given four rooms in the basement, which Meyer and Steffens | claims is equivalent to $40 a month. The basements are damp and al- ways heavy with the foul odor of garbage and the filth of dogs and cats. Huge steam pipes and sewer drains run through their little }rooms. But it is there that they and their children must sleep, and there they must awake every morn- on the block, work in two shifts, |ing with a smile, and they must be day and night, alternating weekly. |courteous when calling for garbage. | They have no particular hour for “downing tools.” Just when they should stop working, is always de- cided by the boss. Even when as- signments cease for the evening, they are told to stay on the job. They must be on hand for any emergency. They virtually work twenty-four hours a day. Two Negro firemen operate the boilers which feed the block with steam. They also oil the engines which drive the dynamos. The wage is $20 a week. There is enough work in this string of buildings to steadily em- ploy at least two plumbers with helpers. But only one is employed and he is not a union man. In- stalling combination sinks, sewer bowls, risers, and breaking practi- cally every law of the union, Meyer and Steffens sweats its profits out of this lone plumber who does not make more than $36 a week. His helper is the janitor of No. 605, and together they work from eight in the morning until as late as nine at night sometimes. No pay for overtime. Local 32-B interviewed these workers recently, but they are skep- Good Prospects Reported For Remainder of IWO Drive tical of all unions affiliated with the A. F. of L. tivities Janguage committees campaign. The City Central Com- mittee of New York conducted a well-attended meeting of branch executives and of active comrades of the branches last Thursday. At this meeting steps were discussed to intensify the drive as a means of fortifying our defense of our At- lanta members who have been in- dicted on charges of inciting to in- surrection. The Hungarian National Com- mittee set and assigned to each of its members definite functions in the remaining period of the drive. They will undertake to mobilize the members of certain branches and of certain sections of the city for neighborhood canvassing. They will try to arouse the enthusiasm of the members in the branches to greater recruiting activities. The Ukrainian and the Italian sections have reviewed the recruit- ing activities of their city organiza- tions and branches. They have de- cided to take energetic measures to assure at least a doubling of the re- cruiting capacity of their sections for the next week or so, and a treb- ling for the final weeks of the cam- paign. Returns of the Eighth Week The total number of new members reaching the national office for the 8th week of the campaign was 678 adult and youth members, and 227 children, a grand total of 905, The English Section continues to show good returns. Its harvest for the week was 94 members. However, this result is achieved primarily by the organized effort of the New York district. Detroit is completely out of the picture as far as the English Section is concerned. Chicago is hardly in the picture with a weekly recruiting of 8, and Cleveland too is extremely weak with a total of 5 new members for the English Sec- tion. The largest total of any section for the 8th week is that of the Jew- ish Section. 246 members were re- cruited for that section. Here again it is mostly due to the efforts of the New York district. 175 out of the 245 members came from New York. Chicago did not contribute any. Detroit managed to get 6, and Cleveland only contributed 4. For the benefit of the Cleveland district it may be said, however, that it has already achieved its quota in the recruiting for the Jewish Section. But that should not be taken as a justification to lay down now and Muster Forces to Resist Attempt of Southern Rulers to Keep Order Out of the South By MAX BEDACHT Reports from the various districts , go to sleep. If the Cleveland Jew- as well as the evident intense ac-| ish Section could recruit its quota of the various national) in the first six weeks of the cam-| foreshadow | paign, it may be able to double it in | good results for our membership| the second six weeks. drive in the remaining weeks of the | It should | make an effort to double it. | The weakest sections for the week were still the Hungarians and Slo- vaks. The first recruited 47, and the | second 39 new members. | In general the returns of the week | were slightly better than the pre-| vious week. Some of the applica- tions, although they are already in the hands of the districts, are be- ing held back. This was the case with the Jewish Section in Chicago. We are quite certain that this is the last week of the campaign with less than 1,000 new members. Prepare for Drive December First All sections and branches must complete their preparations for the special campaign among the Negro masses from December 1 to Decem- ber 9. Orders for the sperial issue of The Negro Liberator should be sent to the national office. Definite plans must be made to distribute this issue. The members of the branches must be mobilized for this distribution and for the house-to- house canvass to be organized the Saturday and Sunday after this dis- tribution. ‘The attack made upon our Order by the authorities of Atlanta aims at one of two things—either to keep the Order out of the South, or to terrorize it into a change of its policy of the working class within its ranks. We can meet this attack only by showing that we refuse to be terrorized. We can meet the at- tack only by trying to achieve the very thing that theattack tries to prevent. That thing is the unity of Negro and white workers within our organization. That thing is the development of solidarity among all the workers irrespective of their place of birth, irrespective of the color of their skin. Of course we expect an immediate and generous response of the branches and members to the call for funds for the defense of these comrades. But with this fund we can only supply lawyers. We can only supply legal defense. If we can not and do not back up this legal defense with a political one, we can- not win. The political defense of our comrades in Atlanta is to de- feat the purposes that inspired the authorities to persecute our mem- bers. We should work toward this poli- tical defense by an effort to recruit at least 500 Negro members into the Order during the period of Decem- ber 1 to December 9. Forward to 175,000 members! sooner said than done. With real proletarian energy, this comrade or- ganized the party at his home and his splendid efforts bore fruit in the sum of $12 raised for the Daily Worker. This is a challenge to Party mem- bers everywhere. If non-Party workers can do this, why not start a real broad campaign enlisting the support of the masses of readers and sympathizers? Take the cam- paign out of its narrow confines, en- list the support of all militant work- ers, create a mass base for our be- loved “Daily.” #H. A. | First Communist Vote Cast in Albion History | By a Worker Correspondent ALBION, Mich. — There were six Communist votes cast here in the last election, the first ever | cast here. | We are trying to build a mass United Workers’ Ass'n. here. The workers don't intend to starve or freeze here this winter. We will fight. First, we started a peti- tion to get our rent paid and a ton of coal a month for workers getting less than $15 a week. We will back it up with mass action if necessary. One comrade was discharged here for asking 75 cents an hour for tending Mason, the same as the other tenders were getting. We get 75 cents an hour, 16 hours a week, $12 for a family of six or more. Rent is $8 a month and up, coal in 500 Ib. lots is $8.80 a ton. Tell me how we can get by on that, and I'll eat grass for a liy- ing. Workers’ Car Retained By Loan Sharks By a Worker Correspondent INGLEWOOD, Cal.—Here is one little example of the way in which the loan shai‘ss are able to bilk members of the working class be- cause of their helplessness for lack of social insurance. Joe Azar, of 4243 E. Palm Street, Inglewood, is a war veteran, mem- ber of the American Legion, and has a family of five. He was unem- ployed. Before he got a job on the F. E. R. A. he ran so short of money and his family was so much in need of the necessities of life, that he was forced to get $25 from the loan sharks, the Southern Finance Corporation of 447 S, Mar- ket Street, Inglewood. In order to get this $25 he had to sign a note for $37.50. Queer, isn’t it? The extra money was for (1) transfer of the pink ownership slip of his car, $1; (2) interest 85c, and (3) “Brokerage Fee,” $10.65. He was supposed to pay in six installments. He did pay all six installments, but each was a few days late because Azar didn’t get paid regularly. When he had paid the last installment he asked for the return of his ownership slip. The company presented him with another bill for $10. This was for the delay in the payments, delays which totalled 15 days. Joe went to the Public Defender, then to his American Legion post which sent him back to the Public Defender. Finally the township judge gave an order for the release of his car, but the finance sharks appealed to the superior court. Joe had planned a trip to Arizona look- jing for a job. He can’t leave the state with his car until he gets the release. Injured FERA WorkerDenied Compensation By a Worker Correspondent. WORCESTER, Mass.—I am one of the workers of the F. E. R. A., laboring on a.road near a palatial golf club so that it would be more convenient for the bosses to travel on, The workers have worn out shoes, and work in the mud and rain. When they return home, on trucks Zen mac. fC ee jee ei ogee IMS TLS OT Nt like cattle, they are wet and cold. One of the workers accidentally slipped into a ditch and hurt him- self quite severely. He was taken to the hospital. In terrible pain he had to lie and wait patiently for medical treatment. Again the work- er went to the hospital for a diag- nosis but the attendant answered: “You only imagine that you are ill.” Now this worker is asking for some compensation, which is justi- fiable, but the answer is no compen- sation, only miserable relief. When he told them about the sit- uation, they told him, “You must have been drunk to slip.” Those are the kind of bossy answers he receives just because he is poor. keen interest in the Daily Worker. I think it would be a good idea to have a crossword puzzle in the “Daily,” containing proletarian words and phrases. Wishing you every success in the drive of the Daily Worker, and with increasing circulation, Ss. G. NOTE: A number of comrades have asked for a crossword puz- ale, but to carry out this sugges- tion will involve a consideration CROSSWORD PUZZLE WANTED Brooklyn, N. Y. Dear Comrade Editor: I am a sympathizer and take a of space and finances—problems which we face daily. However, the SI is being considered.— The Editor. | | Conduet | Daily Worker Med | Rheumatism | (OMBADE S. G., of the Bronx, | writes: “My husband is a suf- ferer from rheumatism and neu- jritis, and an electric diathermia \treatment relieves him a little. But jthe dispensaries charge $1 a treat- ment, which I can’t afford to spend every time. Would it be advisable to buy a midget diathermia for about $10 or $15 so that he should have it when he needs it and would he have the same results as the one in the dispensary. Also, could you please send in the name of the best tablets to relieve pain, to be taken internally. In short, please give me the best help you can. The pain is mostly in both arms.” 2 * - Our Reply band suffers from rheumatism and neuritis in both arms, does not give us enough information. The term “rheumatism” describes aches or pains, Actually many diseases cause various kinds of painful con- ditions, First, as to the diagnosis. Your husband is probably a victim of some form of arthritis. A search for possible infective areas, such as, the tonsils, teeth, sinuses, intes- tines, etc, should be made. There again, since most of his suffering is in both arms, it is quite possible that his arthrts may be in the neck region of his spine. Treatment should, therefore, be directed to this region. A diathermy machine costing ten or fifteen dollars is just another method of exploiting the unin- formed sick. A diathermy apparatus to be effective, must develop a cer- tain type of electrical energy meas- urable in amperes. We know of no machine on the market in that price range, which could be of value. Besides all this, this apparatus should be used only by those ac- By ANN ie lee following is written by Vivian Dahl. It is a piece about a booklet published in the Soviet Union for circulation among the peasants, in order to stimulate them to study the education of the child. The booklet is called “Don’t Beat Your Child,” and was published by the State Medical Publishers of U. S. S. R. in 1931, and is‘sold for three copecks (114 cents). G2 Pe “PARENTS don’t beat their chil- dren anymore” was my first thought when I saw the booklet “Don’t Beat Your Child.” But on second thought I remember last winter I was staying at a farmer's house in Pennsylvania and I saw him beat his ten-year-old daughter with a strap. I cannot tell you all about the booklet because it is much too long, so I will hurry through it touching some of the high spots. It begins like this: “A great change is going on throughout the whole country. The old is disappearing . . . Don’t stand apart from all this: throw aside your dark old life, participate in the new.” The booklet explains that for- merly submission to the Czar’s will was enforced by whips and fists of the gendarmes; submission to the teacher’s will was enforced by fear; submission to the varent’s will. by the parent’s first. “In a word, edu- cation was fear and blows.” What is the new plan? “The old regime expired. Now have before us the task of building socialism in our country — a magnificent task which one generation alone can not complete. We must therefore pre- pare our children to carry on the building of a new society. That is why those who educate by beating cannot be tolerated—the whip and club can only educate slaves.” ee eee HAT is there to do? “We are afraid that if we don’t beat our children they will become un- rully and no one can manage them. What can we do? Parents are asking these questions. “There is now in almost every village, a school; in every collec- tive farm, a day nursery and a playgrounnd. At such places there are trained workers who know how to handle children, without beat- ing them, without wesaring at them, without shouting at them, but to whom the children listen a hundred times more attentively than to their parents. It is a good scheme to watch thees peopte. There are women members of col- lective farms who work in the day nurseries and also take courses of training in the cily. There are papers and magazines which carry many articles about educating ing speeches on the subject, and hundreds of thousands of little books are spreading to the most remote corners of our country. Any mother can buy one. “So we say: Don’t beat your children, Learn to bring them up wisely.” Vivian Dahl ends her little review by saying “We see from this that bringing up chil- dren becomes a science under so- cialism.” ‘ 3 * EE handkerchiefs go to Mrs. D. K. Georgieff. This column has decided to accept the suggestion offered in Friday’s column by our friends of the Business Office. We ERELY stating that your hus-| IN THE HOME children. The radio is broadcast- _ HEALTH ed by the ical Advisory Board | (The Doctors on the Medical Advisory Board do not Advertise) quainted and trained in its appli< | cation. Heat, in any form, may give some relief. May we suggest, there, hot water bags, hot water cloths, elec- tric pads, etc. Massaging with the following type of salve may also be helpful: Chioroform Liniment 10 C.C, Methyl Salicylate 10 C.C, Chlorol Hydrate 10 C.C, Menthol 10 grams Yellow Wax 10 grams Benzoinated Lard up to 100 grams This ointment may first be ap- plied by gentle massage, after which the heat may be applied over the part massaged. For relief of pain, one or two five grain aspirin tablets is as effective as anything else. ae -All Out to the Thanksgiving Eve Dance | Naess are only two more days left | to get tickets for the Big Affair | of the season, to be given by the | Daily Worker Medical Advisory | Board on Wednesday, Nov. 28th at the Savoy Ballroom. Tickets may be gotten at the Workers Bookshop, 50 East 13th Street, New York City, Bronx Workers Bookshop, 699 Pros pect Avenue, and 369 Sutter Avenues, Brooklyn. It’s a sad world when the med~ icos can’t muster more than a@ greenback for their support. Or Perhaps workers’ health has im- proved to such an extent that they no longer need their advice? | Mrs. Marie Sliva.... Previously received Total .., H. D. Spencer of Ford City, Pa., contributed $1 and added: “I have been with the Daily 4 years, and during that time it has called for many lifts, and I have never failed on any yet.” Readers must not fail it now, in the drive to raise $60,000! BARTON ‘Don’t Beat Your Child!” made by our friend in Chicago to the highest bidder each day, until the collars give out. But the hand- woven rag rug will go to the one who between last Wednesday and the end of the “Daily” drive has sent in the highest contribution. The rag rug is a beauty! Do you want, it? Contributions received to the credit of Ann Barton in the $60,000 Daily Worker drive 0. Johnson A. Headstrand Three Girls A Housewife Previously received Total .. Can You Make ’Em Yourself? Pattern 2075 is available in sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38 and 40. 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